HOBJ5443 Accession Number: HOBJ5443

Description

Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Rudolph Bierwirth CBE, Commander in Chief, designate, British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) (left), is met by Major General H Murray, General Officer Commanding, 1st Commonwealth Division (right), beside the US Beaver aircraft in which he travelled the forty miles from Seoul to the Division Airstrip. Lt Gen H Wells CB CBE DSO, the old Commander in Chief, performed the introductions.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ5443
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
21 October 1954
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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